<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear Mr. Baril and the Members of the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services:</font><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">LegitScript appreciates the important work of the Expert Working Group to address policy issues pertaining to WHOIS. Thank you for the opportunity to submit our comments and suggestions. </font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Our full comments are attached in a PDF file, and are intended to do two things: first, to explain our objections to the proposal, and second, to offer alternate suggestions about how to achieve the EWG's mission and improve both the accuracy of and access to WHOIS records. </font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you again for the opportunity to submit the attached comments and suggestions. LegitScript would be happy to discuss our concerns and suggestions further with any member of the EWG or stakeholder community.</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Yours Truly,</font></div><div class="gmail_default">
<font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#073763" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">John Horton<br>President, LegitScript</font><div> <img src="https://static.legitscript.com/assets/logo-smaller-cdb8a6f307ce2c6172e72257dc6dfc34.png" width="96" height="21"><br>
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